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Young superheroes fight for survival in new 'Ravagers' - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Young superheroes fight for survival in new 'Ravagers' USA TODAY The Ravagers book, though, focuses on a small group of survivors who have made it out alive but now find themselves on the run —à la The Fugitive— from Harvest and his minions. Meanwhile, they're also discovering a whole new world in front of them ...

Just Send Me Word - Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor

Just Send Me Word Christian Science Monitor By Marjorie Kehe / May 25, 2012 Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag By Orlando Figes Henry Holt, 334 pp. Orlando Figes is a serious scholar and the author of several highly acclaimed books (“A People's Tragedy,” “Natasha's ... and more »

Pursuing Trivia on a Global Scale - Wall Street Journal

Pursuing Trivia on a Global Scale Wall Street Journal By MIKE SCALISE Maybe our fractal, Internet-driven relationship to information-gathering is responsible, but these are the salad days of the alternative reference book. The past decade has seen the arrival of a fleet of titles that resemble traditional ...

New book explores five forms of soul loss - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

New book explores five forms of soul loss Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier It can be seen as a survival mechanism. … A child who has been abused, a survivor grieving for a beloved partner who has died, a lover who has been betrayed and abandoned, a soldier who is shell-shocked and the victim of a terrible accident are all ...

Summer Reading: 'Between the Lines' and 'Chomp' - New York Times (blog)

New York Times (blog)

Summer Reading: 'Between the Lines' and 'Chomp' New York Times (blog) For the Summer Reading round of the Motherlode Book Club, I've chosen two books with one goal: to find something that a parent and an older child can enjoy. Jodi Picoult wrote “Between the Lines” with her daughter Samantha Van Leer, who's still in high ...